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InFocus Bingo 50 With Android 6.0 Marshmallow, 3GB of RAM Launched at Rs. 7,499

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After launching its Bingo 21 and Bingo 20 Android smartphones in India this year, InFocus on Tuesday launched its third ‘Bingo’ series smartphone, the Bingo 50. The handset comes with a price tag of Rs. 7,499 and will go on sale exclusively via Snapdeal starting March 21. Interested users can register for sales starting Tuesday. […]

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Saina, Srikanth look to put recent losses behind; set sights on Swiss Open GP Gold qualifiers

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Two-time winner Saina Nehwal and defending champion K Srikanth will look to put behind the disappointing outing at the All England Championship and train their guns on the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold starting with the qualifiers here on Tuesday. Top seed Saina, who clinched the title in 2011 and 2012, will start her campaign

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Vijender Singh Packs Off The Boxer Who Drank Snake Blood, Continues Winning Streak

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Before Vijender Singh’s fourth match, his opponent, Alexander Horvath had already upped the ante. The Hungarian had said that he had resorted to dining on snakes’ blood to attain “supernatural powers”. He added that he would give a lesson in boxing to Vijender and that there was no way he could be beaten. However, all

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Volvo S60 Cross Country – The World’s First Crossover Sedan Now in India

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The much awaited 2016 Volvo S60 Cross Country finally touched down the welcoming carpet of Indian automotive segment today. A special and one of its kind sedan, it carries the opulence of a luxury sedan along with a ruggedness required for those tough and dusty roads in cross-country. You can now sprint through all rough

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Launched – New Honda Amaze Facelift is Priced Between Rs 5.29 lakh – Rs 8.19 Lakh

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New Honda Amaze 2016 was finally launched in India today in the price range of Rs 5.29 lakh – Rs 8.19 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The Japanese carmaker has already started dispatching the vehicle at its dealerships across the nation, and deliveries at most dealerships will begin soon. The new Honda Amaze 2016 model has received

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All-England Championships: Saina Nehwal’s exit draws curtains to India’s campaign

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India’s campaign at the All-England Badminton Championships came to a disappointing end with Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma all exiting from the tournament. World no. 2 and second seed Saina was India’s lone hope after the exits of the tio of Praneeth, Srikanth and Verma in the second round of

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Wasn’t warned five times: Maria Sharapova slams critics, media in Facebook post

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Maria Sharapova hit back Friday at suggestions she received five separate warnings about changes to tennis’ anti-doping rules which ultimately led to her testing positive for a banned drug. A defiant Sharapova defended herself in a post on her Facebook page, saying that she received one clear notice in December titled “Main Changes to the

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UN calls for Syrian elections in 18 months; Opposition announces it will attend peace talks next week

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The UN envoy for Syria called Friday for elections in the war-ravaged country in 18 months, as the opposition announced it will attend fresh peace talks next week. But in a worrying development ahead of the negotiations, government raids were reported to have killed five civilians in Syria’s second city, Aleppo, despite a ceasefire. The

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Hezbollah group branded as a terrorist organisation by Arab League

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The Arab League on Friday formally branded Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group a terrorist organization, a move that raises concerns of deepening divisions among Arab countries and ramps up the pressure on the Shiite group, which is fighting on the side of President Bashar Assad in Syria. The decision came during a foreign ministers’ meeting of

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Fighters in South Sudan can rape women as payment: UN report

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A UN report describing sweeping crimes like children and the disabled being burned alive and fighters being allowed to rape women as payment shows South Sudan is facing “one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world,” the UN human rights chief said on Saturday. Zeid Raad al-Hussein lamented the crisis in the

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After historic mandate in Delhi, AAP to contest Goa Assembly polls in 2017

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After their historic mandate in New Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to contest the Assembly elections in Goa in February next year. Sources from the party have confirmed that that AAP leadership has given a go ahead to contest the Goa assembly polls next year. The AAP national organization building in charge

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Candidates Chess 2016: Vishwanathan Anand to start against Bulgarian Topalov

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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will make his opening move against former challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the first round of the Candidates in Moscow. It appears to be a favourable draw for the Indian ace as he gets four whites in the first half of the three-week long event, to be played on

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Panasonic T50 With 4.5-Inch Display, Sail UI Launched at Rs. 4,990

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Panasonic on Thursday launched its new smartphone in India, the T50, priced at Rs. 4,990. The highlight of the budget smartphone is the company’s own Sail UI, which it says is the “smoothest Android user interface yet.” The Sail UI on Panasonic T50 is based on Google’s Android 5.1 Lollipop version and is said to

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Ouch! Brit tabloid names Deepika Padukone ‘female companion’ on being snapped with Djokovic

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As one of Bollywood’s leading heroines, Deepika Padukone is used to having reams of print devoted to her every move. But when she was spotted out and about town with tennis star Novak Djokovic in Los Angeles, for once, the shoe was on the other foot. British tabloid The Daily Mail published images of the

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All-England Championships: India’s B Sai Praneeth stuns three-time champion Lee Chong Wei in first round

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Three-time champion Lee Chong Wei was sensationally beaten by India’s B Sai Praneeth in the first round of the All-England Championships on Wednesday, putting a firm dent into his preparations ahead of the Rio Olympics . The Malaysian second seed was beaten 24-22 22-20, which ended a promising few months where he had won his

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‘I am so proud to call you my fans’: Maria Sharapova pens Facebook post thanking her fans

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Days after stunning the sports world by announcing she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open in January, Maria Sharapova thanked her fans for their “wonderful words” that put a smile on her face. The Russian faces a ban of up to four years pending an investigation by the International Tennis Federation after

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